Else Holt is Associate Professor, Department of Biblical Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

• Preface1. Introduction: Theology and Religion2. Date, Composition, reception3. The Esther Character and Gender4. Now Esther was admired by all who saw her. Or: How to understand Esther 2/too?5. Dressing up Esther: The Function of Clothes in the Esther Narrative6. Haman, the Scapegoat7. There is a Certain people—or: How the Judeans Became The Jews8. The Small Spring and the Dragons – Reading the Book of Esther as Chosen TraumaBibliographyIndex

Specialists will find much here to chew on. [Holt] engages with many of the major studies on the book of Esther, and she is unafraid to challenge the heavy hitters. The text could provoke some interesting discussion.

Else Holt is Associate Professor, Department of Biblical Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

• Preface1. Introduction: Theology and Religion2. Date, Composition, reception3. The Esther Character and Gender4. Now Esther was admired by all who saw her. Or: How to understand Esther 2/too?5. Dressing up Esther: The Function of Clothes in the Esther Narrative6. Haman, the Scapegoat7. There is a Certain people—or: How the Judeans Became The Jews8. The Small Spring and the Dragons – Reading the Book of Esther as Chosen TraumaBibliographyIndex

Specialists will find much here to chew on. [Holt] engages with many of the major studies on the book of Esther, and she is unafraid to challenge the heavy hitters. The text could provoke some interesting discussion.

Else Holt is Associate Professor, Department of Biblical Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

• Preface1. Introduction: Theology and Religion2. Date, Composition, reception3. The Esther Character and Gender4. Now Esther was admired by all who saw her. Or: How to understand Esther 2/too?5. Dressing up Esther: The Function of Clothes in the Esther Narrative6. Haman, the Scapegoat7. There is a Certain people—or: How the Judeans Became The Jews8. The Small Spring and the Dragons – Reading the Book of Esther as Chosen TraumaBibliographyIndex

Specialists will find much here to chew on. [Holt] engages with many of the major studies on the book of Esther, and she is unafraid to challenge the heavy hitters. The text could provoke some interesting discussion.